2 weeks Ago By Neha Surana
Chennai: Sparks will fly on the bustling streets of Chennai over the weekend as the city hosts the country’s first-ever night street race . It’s the second round of the Indian Racing Festival (IRF) and the drivers will zoom past some of Chennai’s iconic landmarks — Victory War Memorial, Swami Sivananda Salai along the Cooum River, Kamarajar Salai near Marina Beach — and will finish the race at the Napier Bridge. With breathtakingly fast straights and 19 turns, the Chennai Formula Racing Circuit has been designed around the Island Grounds, which will be the nerve-centre of the races.
Free practice and qualifying sessions will be held on Saturday for the Indian Racing League (IRL), Formula 4 Indian Championship (F4IC) and the JK Formula LGB 4 categories. The IRF includes the Indian Racing League (IRL) and the FIA-certified F4 Indian Championship, with eight teams competing in the event. The six city-based franchise teams of IRL – Chennai Turbo Chargers, Goa Aces JA Racing, Speed Demons Delhi, Bangalore Speedsters, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, and Hyderabad Blackbirds — will tussle for top honours.
And, in the F4 Indian Championship, Ahmedabad Apex Racers and Godspeed Kochi will join the six teams from the IRL to rev up the competition. Apart from the IRL and F4, the Round-2 of the 29th JK Tyre-FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship, made up of Formula LGB4 class with a 24-car grid, will run concurrently. Chethan Korada, the first Asian ever to win a race using prosthetic feet, and Nikhil Bohra, who has been a part of European F4 teams, are the prominent names in the thrilling competition.
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